The night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester has urged the UK government to rethink energy support for the hospitality sector in the wake of the budget announcement.
Texas law has long regulated access to hard liquor. Grocery and convenience stores can sell only wine and beer. For the good stuff (say, tequila or bourbon), you have to head to a proper liquor store, which are closed on Sundays by the state's blue laws.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A proposed tax break for Kentucky's bourbon makers was fast-tracked Monday in advancing in the state House, but local leaders living near some of the world's best-known distilleries were in no mood to toast the industry victory.
While great progress has been made in recent years to address the extent to which the restaurant industry is male-dominated, there is still work left to do according to representatives of the sector.
Vancouver council is considering the city's first-ever applications for a new kind of licence enabling something that would seem completely unremarkable in many cities around the world: an establishment that serves food during the day, then shuts down the kitchen in the evening to become a bar.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Nowadays, it seems like just about anything can be bought online and delivered to your door, but a COVID-era Arkansas law allowing alcohol deliveries from stores could soon be repealed.
Several spirit and beverage companies announced that they have no plans to raise prices amid government scrutiny suggesting the industry could be targeted by anti-inflation measures.
The Saputo family, one of most prominent beverage and beer distribution families in Florida, is changing its leadership structure.
When Pernod Ricard launched BarSmarts Advanced in 2008, attendees were required to pass an online course before attending a daylong seminar where industry notables like David Wondrich and Steve Olson offered spirits tastings and lessons in the fundamentals of drink-making. Now, 15 years, more than 155,000 registrants, and one global pandemic later, it looks quite different.
Drinking alcohol grew into a socially acceptable activity in multiple societies, starting in the Neolithic period. From the earliest traces of brewing, which happened about 10,000 years ago, to former trade negotiations and family celebrations – the use of alcohol intertwined with people's everyday life.